Forest of the Hanged
Directed byLiviu Ciulei
Written byTitus Popovici
Liviu Rebreanu
StarringVictor Rebengiuc
Ștefan Ciubotărașu
Liviu Ciulei
Emil Botta
CinematographyOvidiu Gologan
Edited byYolanda Mîntulescu
Music byTheodor Grigoriu
Release date
  • 17 March 1965 (1965-03-17)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian

Forest of the Hanged (Romanian: Pădurea spânzuraților) is a 1965 Romanian drama film directed by Liviu Ciulei, and based on the eponymous novel by Liviu Rebreanu. Ciulei won the award for Best Director at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Forest of the Hanged became the first Romanian film to achieve wide international recognition.[2]

Cast

  • Victor Rebengiuc as Lieutenant Apostol Bologa
  • Anna Széles as Ilona
  • Ștefan Ciubotărașu as Petre Petre
  • György Kovács as Habsburg General Von Karg
  • Gina Patrichi as Roza Jánosi
  • Liviu Ciulei as Captain Otto Klapka
  • Costache Antoniu as The Priest
  • George Aurelian as Domșa (Marta's father)
  • Emil Botta as Captain Cervenko
  • Constantin Brezeanu as The Military Prosecutor
  • Ion Caramitru as Petre Petre
  • Toma Caragiu as Habsburg officer
  • Nicolae Tomazoglu as The Army Doctor
  • András Csiky as Lieutenant Sándor Varga
  • Emmerich Schäffer as Johan Maria Müller
  • Gheorghe Cozorici as captured Romanian officer
  • Mihai Mereuță as Corporal overseeing gravediggers
  • Mariana Mihuț as Marta Domșa
  • Nae Roman as a Colonel
  • László Kiss as Paul Vidor (Ilona's father)
  • Valeriu Arnăutu as Captain Svoboda
  • Ferenc Bencze as an NCO
  • Alexandra Polizu as Rodovica
  • Radu Dunăreanu as an NCO
  • Nicolae Luchian Botez as an Officer
  • Constantin Lipovan as a Soldier
  • Val Lefescu as The Telegraph Operator
  • Marga Barbu
  • Angela Moldovan as Sofica Domșa (Marta's mother)

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Forest of the Hanged". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. "Forest of the Hanged". Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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